This is Archbishop Blaise Supich, Archbishop of Chicago.

Today, I invite you to reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.

Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is a non-for-profit apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization that utilizes media

both old and new to share the faith on every continent and facilitate an encounter with Christ

in its church. The efforts of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries engage the culture and bring the transformative power of God's Word

where it is most needed.

This is an invitation to open our hearts

to the Word on Fire,

which is God's Word of Love for each of us.

When our hearts are open,

the Lord changes and transforms us so that we in turn begin to share the warmth and light of Jesus Christ, who is the Word on Fire.

The global benefactors of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, with the support of the Archdiocese of Chicago now present.

Word on fire.

Peace be with you.

Friends, our gospel reading for today is taken from that extraordinary high priestly

discourse of Jesus during the Last Supper in the Gospel of John.

You know how in John, it's in Chapter 6 that we have the Eucharistic teaching, because we

don't really have, in John's account of the Last Supper, an institution narrative or an account

of the Eucharist. What we do have, though, is this extremely rich, densely complex, lengthy sermon of Jesus.

In fact, along with the sermon on the Mount, it's the longest sustained speech of Jesus in the New Testament,

which is why theologians and spiritual teachers over the centuries have paid very close attention to it.

I think to grasp the dynamics of this speech is to grasp almost the whole of Christian

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